GK Science: Commonly Used Chemicals In Everyday Life

COMPOUND COMPOSED OF FORMULA USE

Baking powder Sodium Bicarbonate NaHCO3

Fire Extinguishers,
Baking soda Sodium Bicarbonate NaHCO3
Baking soda

Bleaching powder CaOCL2

Caustic soda Sodium Hydroxide NaOH

CaCO3
Chalk (Marble) Calcium Carbonate

Chloroform Tri-Choloro Methane CHCL3

Dry Ice Solid carbon dioxide CO2

Green Vitriol Ferrous sulphate FeSO4. 7H2O

Added to Cement to
Gypsum CaSO42H2O increase its setting
time

Laughing gas Nitrous oxide N2O

Basic lining in
Lime Calcium oxide CaO
furnaces

(CaCO3) >>CaO +
Lime Stone Calcium carconate CaCO3
CO2

Ammonium Ferrous FeSO4(NH4) 2SO4.

Mohr’s Salt
Sulphate 6H2O

Fractured bones.
Plaster of Paris (CaSO4) 2H2O
Fine proofing

Potassium K2SO4AL2(SO4)3.
Potash Alum
Aluminium Sulphate 24H2O

Potash Ash Potassium carbonate K2CO3

Quick Lime Calcium oxide CaO

RDX C3H6N6O6

Rock Salt Sodium chloride NaCL

Exists in sand, Flint,

Silica SiO2
Quartz, Opal

Sodium
(hypo) S2O32- Used in photography
Thiosulphate

Vinegar Acetic Acid CH3COOH

Softening hard
Washing soda Sodium Carbonate Na2CO3. 10 H2O
water